LMT, Inc. (Larry Miller Trucking, Inc.) runs a terminal for SRE (Stony Run Enterprises, Inc.). LMT, Inc. has seventeen trucks and several brokers. We do transportation for many large chemical companies in the greater Cincinnati, OH area, and an agriculture product company. We are a family run operation. Larry Miller is the terminal manager. Pat Miller is his wife and bookkeeper for the company. Amy Updike, the dispatcher, is a daughter. Vanessa Miller, the billing clerk, is a daughter-in-law. Adam Miller, head mechanic, is a son. Brett Updike, safety director, is a son-in-law. Grandchildren are employed on a part time basis to pick up garbage. Family is very important to our company. You are not just a number.

LMT, Inc. pays commission of the gross. The driver makes more if he receives commission. Payroll is weekly and two weeks behind. We pay 22% for the first six months and 23% thereafter. We are looking for business partners. You do your job and we do ours. You get your piece of the pie and we get ours. When rates go up the driver gets a raise. They have went up for three different companies this year. Our drivers average $40,000 to $50,000 a year. Some make $50,000 to $53,000 a year driving Agriculture. It depends on what the driver wants to do. Drivers are dispatched by seniority. We have local, regional, and over the road work. Local work is determined by that you will be in the immediate area and home at night. Regional is determined by you will not be able to deliver the load and return to the terminal before you run out of hours of service. Over the road is gone for more than two days. We have Agriculture where the driver delivers herbicide all over the Eastern United States and you may be out for one to two weeks at a time. The local pays a lesser amount. The regional pays more and the over the road of course pays the best.

The driver is responsible for pre-trip of the vehicle. You must be on time at the customer to load and on time to deliver.

All drivers are expected to abide by DOT regulations. You do not run over weight, over hours, or with unsafe equipment. There are four safety meetings a year that you are expected to attend.

BROKERS

We lease broker or owner operators. They are paid by commission. They also receive 100% of the fuel surcharge. (IFTA) taxes are paid by the company. Health Insurance is available but payable by the broker. The need now is herbicide deliveries. It is over the road, and pays very well. We only have so many slots for the herbicide deliveries to fill. Company provides the cargo insurance, the broker must have bobtail insurance. Plates are available but payable by the broker. Owner operators can lease trucks to Stony Run Enterprises, Inc. to do regional and over the road deliveries. Brokers are paid per cent commission. Road taxes are paid by the company. Health insurance is available.
Commission is paid weekly.

BENEFITS

After 90 days LMT, Inc. pays for the drivers health benefits in full. Health insurance is available for spouse and dependents, but payable by the employee. The amount will be deducted from the pay check and paid in monthly for coverage. The health insurance is Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. There is also a $15,000 life insurance. The policy is an 80/20 plan.

LMT, Inc. has an agent that will setup a mutual fund, Roth or an IRA with MFS Securities. Deductions are made weekly and deposited quarterly. This will be your account.

SRE gives one driver of the the month $100. This is determined by on time pickup and deliveries, safe driving, and customer comments. At the end of the year the "Driver of the Year" is picked; this driver receives $250, special shirts and hats marked driver of the year from SRE and $250 from LMT, Inc. The driver of the year is announced at our annual Christmas party.

LMT, Inc. driver receives one week vacation after a year employment, and two weeks after five years.

LMT, Inc. equipment is Volvo tractors that are '95 or newer. The '95 trucks are mostly used for yard truck and a spare.

REQUIREMENTS

LMT, requires 2 years verifiable tractor/trailer experience and you must be 23 or older. You will be trained on loading and unloading tank trailers. To qualify as a driver, you must review safety films. The films are on new hours of service, driver fatigue, HM 126 and HM 181, the effects of Drugs and Alcohol and air brakes.You must then pass a written test. You then train in a building with a multi-compartment tank. You will learn how toload and unload product. For training, we use water as a substitute for chemical product. You will safely learn a very important part of your job. After the loading training you will be assigned to a driver trainer. He will take on a few local trips, then

Complete the application. Pass a physical, criminal background check, drug screen and complete the safety program.

If you are interested and have what it takes to be a part of our team please contact us.